Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1872)

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Canadian Federal By-Election (1871) | Canadian Federal Election (1874)

The Canadian federal election of 1872 was held on 20 July. The results were as follows:

Riding	Candidate	Party	Votes
Lisgar	John Christian Schultz (1840-1896)	Conservative	273
	Edward Henry George Gunson Hay (1840-1918)	Unknown	128
Marquette	Robert Cunningham (1836-1874)	Liberal	393
	John Norquay (1841-1889)	Conservative	115
	James Spencer Lynch (1841-1894)	Liberal	71
	P. Breland	Unknown	5
Provencher	George-Étienne Cartier (1814-1873)	Liberal-Conservative	Acclaimed
Selkirk	Donald Alexander Smith (1820-1914)	Independent Conservative	258
	A. E. Wilson	Unknown	62
	Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)	Unknown	0
	J. Sutherland	Unknown	0

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Second Canadian Parliament (1872-1873)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 25 October 2017